Sentences with phrase «tech investors say»

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Investors are getting a bit wary about valuations, following a selloff in tech stocks, venture capitalist David Golden says.

The ride - hailing company says it will accept an investment from Japanese tech investor SoftBank.

That's according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch, which says global investors should be looking to cut back their allocations to tech.

This goes beyond creating a different way to conduct business — it's a new ideology for people to follow, says Art Mesher, a Waterloo, Ont., tech investor who ran Descartes Systems, a logistics technology firm, for a decade.

«Kevin has become a real celebrity in the green industry,» says Paul Holland, general partner in charge of the clean - tech practice at Foundation Capital, an investor in Serious Materials.

The report quotes festival co-founder Will Roger saying that «tech titans» share his vision of creating an «experiment in a permanent community,» though he never specifies who the tech titans are or directly addresses the rumor about Brin and Musk being potential investors.

Twitter is the worst stock to own in the tech space, angel investor Jason Calacanis said Wednesday on CNBC.

Investors are looking for bigger tech names to list on Hong Kong's stock exchange under the new rules, says Irene Chu of KPMG China.

«Entrepreneurs, especially in the tech world, have a lot of levers they can use to attract investors,» he says.

U.S. tech companies are likely to profit from a strategic entree into a difficult - to - tackle, and often - opaque Chinese market, many investors say.

«I feel like these worlds are so merged over the past few years,» she said of Hollywood and Silicon Valley while making her pitch for tech investors to hit up her business associates with ideas.

Not so fast, says JPMorgan, which argues the likelihood of a full rebound will remain low until investors get more clarity on Facebook's relationship with political - research company Cambridge Analytica, and how much liability the tech giant has.

At Fortune's Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen in July, investors at private equity firms TPG Capital and General Atlantic — both large shareholders of Uber — said neither of them had marked down their holdings amid the company's turmoil.

He also said he'll look for limited partner investors, particularly corporate investors who are outside the tech sector and want an entry into Silicon Valley.

Uber says it will accept an investment from Japanese tech investor SoftBank, joining a growing portfolio of U.S. technology investments made by intrepid mogul Masayoshi Son.

«What SoftBank will ultimately have to do, and they would have to do this in any case, is attract investors who are looking at this as a tech focused investment co (mpany),» he said.

SoftBank Group Corp said on Monday it was considering listing its Japanese wireless business — a move that could reportedly raise $ 18 billion and would accelerate the conglomerate's transformation into one of the world's biggest tech investors.

Apple's charts, Jim Cramer says, gives investors a glimpse into how long and how bad the tech giant's decline could be.

Technology troubles: One investor who passed on the company several times said that Rubicon seemed like «a trash brokerage business masquerading as a tech company.»

In other words, investors know what they're getting from this company, which can't be said for a high - flying tech stock like Facebook.

Although it is a tech company, Ryan Lewenza, a U.S. equity strategist with TD Asset Management, says investors shouldn't expect a ton of growth from this business.

DeFelice, an investor in a number of Silicon Valley tech companies, has researched this trend and says there are plenty of reasons why business owners should take business to the outdoors.

Everett says the Dallas - Fort Worth market has become extremely competitive, both from the Blackstones of the world and wealthy tech investors from the West Coast who are attracted by the relatively low real estate prices.

Fred Wilson, tech investor and founder of Union Square Ventures, wrote on his blog in June that he is «bullish» on cryptocurrency, but he says the space is very risky.

When asked about Carpool Arabia's methodology when choosing its investors, de Terssac candidly admits that it wasn't a walk in the park, saying, «Choosing is maybe a luxury you have in Silicon Valley, but here, it's more about who is crazy enough to invest in an early stage tech venture, rather than buying another apartment in Dubai Marina.»

NuData and other fraud detection startups will remain in a good position for investment into the future, even with money from blue - chip venture capitalists and other investors growing scarcer in the tech sector, says Pascual.

Bankoff says the money is a sign investors are buying his pitch: He says Vox represents a new breed of content company that can take advantage of the tech - inflected turmoil established companies are going through.

The demand for access and the caliber of funds attending affirms that the Canadian tech ecosystem is creating a strong pull with investors from around the world,» says Bilal Khan, Managing Director of OneEleven.

BEIJING / SHANGHAI (Reuters)- Chinese tech conglomerate LeEco's sports unit said it completed a new round of funding that valued it at 24 billion yuan ($ 3.50 billion) and that its investors will form a new committee to supervise its finances.

Apple is a great company, but don't confuse a great company with a great stock, says tech investor Dan Niles.

Neither the high - tech start - ups nor their Chinese investors have been accused of wrongdoing, and experts said much of the activity could be innocent.

His findings, including that 33 percent of female tech entrepreneurs reported facing «dismissive attitudes» from their colleagues and 15 percent said their abilities had been questioned, came in a presentation in which he decried the «arrogant young brats» — male, of course — getting venture capital funding for «silly social media apps» from investors who hope they will emerge as the «next Mark Zuckerberg.»

The company's private investors aren't pushing to cash out their holdings because the company, unlike some fast - growing tech startups, is profitable — and therefore doesn't need to keep asking for additional funding, he said Thursday.

While enjoying a better environment in southwestern China, entrepreneurs should also visit tech hubs like Beijing more frequently to hear more and meet media and investors», said Lee.

The venture capital database says it has selected from over 2,000 private companies in the AI field based on several criteria, which are: investor profile, tech innovation, team strength, patent activity, mosaic score, funding history, valuation, and business model.

He joins a growing list of male investors and tech executives who recently lost their jobs or faced public shaming over sexual harassment scandals as more women come forward to report incidents — a trend experts say is reshaping how Silicon Valley deals with allegations of inappropriate behavior.

Tencent Holdings, Asia's biggest tech company and a major investor in Snap Inc. posted stronger - than - expected fourth quarter earnings Tuesday and said its WeChat user base topped 1 billion.

«If you go back five years, literally, tech companies were so apathetic about the political environment and just wanted to avoid politics,» said Conway, one of the earliest investors in companies like Google and PayPal.

Combined with modest growth from its Fios segment — where increases in Fios Internet customers have more than offset losses in Fios Video connections — as well as sales from its Oath subsidiary, which encompasses more than 50 media and tech brands including Yahoo!, tumblr, TechCrunch, HuffPost, and AOL, management says investors can safely expect Verizon to deliver solid low - single - digit percent growth in both revenue and adjusted earnings this year.

These tech announcements have investors poised to jump on the next big IPO, but it appears they will have to wait — other tech giants, such as Uber and Airbnb, are said to be holding out on an IPO for at least another year.

Suster, who is not a Snap investor but is a big booster of LA - based tech companies, said one of its unsung victories is a shift from brand advertising to cost - per - action ads, or ads that are meant to drive specific outcomes, like an app download.

«I have been fortunate to find tremendous angel investors who really understand the tech industry,» he says.

Investors need to keep these familiar risks in mind, Galligan says, but they also shouldn't lose sight of how «the tech landscape is far different from the last time the Nasdaq was at these levels.»

The entrepreneur and tech investor was recently quoted saying that all physical retail stores will die, succumbing eventually to the vast sea of online competition.

«Stocks are for long - term goals, and investors should try not to focus on short - term fluctuations,» said Michael Guillemette, assistant professor of personal financial planning at Texas Tech University, who echoed Stein's advice on diversifying your holdings.

As the club prepares for its season opener against AFC Cleveland at 7:30 p.m. May 15 at Cass Tech High School, ownership remains in talks with investors, said team co-owner Sean Mann.

«NexGen is led by a management team and investors with a proven record and decades of combined experience building and operating high - tech businesses,» Empire State Development President, CEO and Commissioner Howard Zemsky said in a statement.

«NexGen is led by a management team and investors with a proven record and decades of combined experience building and operating high - tech businesses,» Zemsky said.

Clearly, as a value investor, you wouldn't expect me to say anything other than the usual spiel about racy tech stocks and their absurd valuations.

«Target - date funds can vary greatly in their costs to the user, and we see in our data a range of expense ratios from 0.10 % to over 1.00 %,» says Eyran Blumberg, vice president of operations at FeeX, a New York financial - tech startup that helps investors lower the fees they pay on investments.